The coronavirus pandemic has provided us many quick lessons in biology, epidemiology and most the basic math behind why working from home and moving classes online helps limit the spread.
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It has also introduced a lot of stress. If you are like me, you address the stress by learning more about the thing that is causing the stress, especially from the experts. Free online courses are available covering COVID-19 and related epidemiology and public health topics, lasting from an hour to several weeks
- London Imperial College if offering a free online class focused on COVID-19 taught by Dr. Helen Ward, professor of Public Health with three decades of epidemiology research and education and Dr. Katharina Hauck an expert on public health interventions and the economic impact of epidemics.
- The World Health Organization offers its training on detection, prevention, response and control of respiratory diseases like COVID-19 online. “a general introduction to COVID-19 and emerging respiratory viruses.” This is the same training offered to
- The Dean of the Hong Kong University School of Public Health along with professors from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Harvard are offering a more in depth course on epidemics.
- If you are ready to really dive in to the subject, John Hopkins University offers its Epidemiology I course which “introduces the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems.”